Receptacle holder



Dec. 24; 1935.

Filed Feb. 5, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l Fly. 2

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RECEPTACLE HOLDER Filed Feb. 5, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I6 I nvntm ff W.Noxon Attorney Patented Dec. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICERECEPTACLE HOLDER Application February 5, 1935, Serial No. 5,084

3 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved holding device for receptacles andit has more specific reference to a simple and economical wire structurefashioned to serve as a detachable clamp and handle for cans and thelike.

The purpose of the invention is to enable so called tins and cans to besalvaged in and around the home so that by attaching the improved holderthereto, the complete assembly constitutes a practical and convenientstructure for handling liquids, whereby to provide a convenient drinkingcup, or so-called dipper.

The specific details and features which serve to characterize the novelholder will become more readily apparent from the accompanyingillustrative drawings.

In the drawings wherein like numerals are employed to designatecorresponding details or parts throughout the views:

Figure l is a top plan view of an ordinary tin or can with the holderattached permitting the complete assembly to serve as a simple dipper.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the plane of the line 33 of Figure2.

Figures 4 and 5 are perspectives of the essential details forming theunique wire holder.

The novelty in the present application resides, not in the combinationof the can and holder but rather in the construction of the wire holderitself and the description and claims will be so worded. As a matter ofconvenience however, the receptacle and can is denoted by the letter A.

The wire holder is made up of two essential or complemental partsnamely, the retaining clip 6 shown in Figure 4 and the complementalhandle equipped can encircling or clamping device shown in Figure 5. Thepart illustrated in Figure 5 is formed from a single length of wire ofappropriate tensile strength. It is bent to form a split clamping ring Ito embrace or encircle the can, said ring being provided with a two parthandle 8 and said handle being associated with an underlying stabilizingmeans to be hereinafter specifically described.

One end of the wire is indicated at the point 9 and this particular endportion of the wire is bent upon itself to form a stabilizing frame orbrace l 0. That is to say, the wire is fashioned to form a triangularportion ll below which is a loop 12. Extending from the free end of theloop the wire is bent laterally as indicated at I3 to provide ahorizontal brace arm M. This brace arm is bent laterally upward asindicated at l5 and then laterally to one side as indicated at [5 toform a portion of one of the handle forming members or arms ll. The wirebeyond the inner end of this arm is formed into the split can orreceptacle encircling clamp or ring I and is then directed back inspaced relation to provide the remaining handle member or arm 18. Theextremity of the wire, that is the other end of the wire, is wrappedaround adjacent portions at the juncture of the parts l5 and I6 asindicated at l 9. This double arm part I1 and I8 forms the completehandle or carrier 8. The inner ends of the arms I! and I8 are formedwith bends 20 which function as detents for the slidable retaining clip6. This clip is also formed from a single piece of wire, one end ofwhich is bent to provide a hook 2| and the other end to provide asimilar or complemental hook 22. These two hooks engage with the bendsor detents 20 in an obvious manner and the remaining portion of the wireis bent down to form a leg 23 which terminates in an eye 24 slidablealong the brace arm l4. Obviously, by compressing the arms I! and I8together, the hooks 22 and 2| can clear the detents 20 allowing the clip6, as a unit, to be slid to the outer end of the handle and this permitsthe radial expansion of the clamping ring I so as to allow it to beapplied to the can or removed from the can as the case may be.

Particular novelty will be found in the arms El and I8 cooperating witheach other to define the handle 8 and provided with bends 2t serving asdetents for the hook portions 2i and 22 of the slidable retaining clip6. Additional novelty is predicated on the loop l2 and triangular frameH cooperating in providing a foot or stabilizing element to bear againstthe can and to render the structure, as a whole, rigid and dependable.The rod portion l4, however, forms an important part of the bracingmeans and also constitutes a track to accommodate the eye equipped leg23. All of these parts have been carefully selected and formulated topromote the requisite coaction of features with the result that anunusually simple and efiicient device characterized by practicalfacility is provided.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy de scription is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details coming withinthe field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, ifdesired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A can holder and carrier of the class de scribed, comprising a splitring having spaced members providing a handle, a substantiallytriangular frame located within the diameter of said ring disposed atright angles thereto and constituting a stabilizing foot and designed tobear against the can above and below the ring portion, and a bracingwire connected at one end with said stabilizing foot and at its oppositeend with the outer end of the handle.

2. A can holder and carrier of the class described, comprising a splitring having spaced members providing a handle, a substantiallytriangular frame located within the diameter of said ring disposed atright angles thereto and constituting a stabilizing foot and designed tobear against the can, a bracing wire connected at one end with saidstabilizing foot and at its opposite end with the outer end of thehandle, the inner ends of said handle members being provided withdetents, and a slidable retaining clip provided with hooks releasablyengageable with said detents, said clip being further provided with adepending leg having an eye slidably mounted on said bracing wire.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a wire clamp and carrier for cansand the like formed from a single length of wire, one end portion of thewire being bent upon itself to provide a vertical stabilizing foot tobear against the can, that portion of the wire adjacent said foot beingextended at right angles to provide a bracing rod, and the next adjacentportion of the wire being bent to provide a pair of spaced expansibleand contractible members constituting a handle and a split ring toembrace the can centrally of the stabilizing foot.

JONATHAN W. NOXON.

